GNU bug report logs - #25929
25.2; map-delete doesn't delete permanently 1st alist elt

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 07:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 25929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#25929: 25.2; map-delete doesn't delete permanently 1st alist elt
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 01:16:46 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> With other words, I would fix this issue by altering the docstring
> ("return the result" instead of "return MAP")

When the MAP is an alist with only one entry, the return value will be
something different than MAP anyway (a cons cannot be altered to become
nil) - unless we look at "MAP" as a place expression and rewrite the
thing accordingly.  I don't think that is necessary.


Michael.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 27 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.